Good free software now available.

[alfredo]

If you want a fine, free photo editing/paint program, the GIMP is just right for you. http://gimp.org. The Windows version is fully supported. Recommended for you who can't afford Photoshop. It ain't photoshop, but is very powerful.


http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/ for you OSX users. It needs X11 which will be in /Applications/utilities in Panther.

If you don't have X11, download it from http://www.apple.com

Abiword, a fine word processor runs on various platforms. It is free to download. http://www.abisource.com/ I have used this for years, ever since the early days of the project. I like it a lot.

Here is a link to a native port of Abiword for OSX (Panther). This is the download page, so if you have used sourceforge and have a default mirror, it will download auto-magically.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/AbiWord-2.1.1-Panther.dmg.bz2?use_default=belnet

Of course you can download Open Office if you have broadband, or patience. http://www.openoffice.org/ I use it. I like it, but will like it more when the Native port for OSX is available. the Windows version is supposed to work well, and will be a good alternative to MS Orfice. It is free.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. I heard of a collection of Free Software for Windows in CD

Can't find it now... it has OpenOffice, Mozilla, GIMP, and others.

[mrfrapp]

3. GNUwin

There's a distribution of Free Software called GNUWin. Found here. I think there's another one but I can't recall what it's called at the moment.

[LoZoccolo]

2. Is there a lot of free stuff for OSX?

I'm thinking of getting a PowerBook for my next computer, but I also like how much free stuff you can get for Linux, so I was wondering if there's a not of free stuff for OSX since it's based on Unix.

[alfredo]

4. Yes there is a lot of free/shareware software for the Mac.

Here are some resources:

http://www.macupdate.com/

http://fink.sourceforge.net/index.php You need to install the developer tools to get the full glory of this app. Recommended.

http://osx.hyperjeff.net/ Jeff is a good guy and hates the patriot act.

http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ I'd wait for the native port. Neo Office is one project in the works.

A site with good Mac forums
http://www.macnn.com/slim/

http://www.tex-edit.com/ excellent editor

http://www.mimikaki.net/en/ for your html, or programming needs.

.Mac is $100 a year, but it gets you some goodies along the way like free software, or great deals on software. It also gives you a bunch of server space.

BTW, the developer tools are very nice.

[LoZoccolo]

5. Thank you.

The free software factor looms very large in my decision.